Planning Permission in Shepherd's Bush | Fixed-Fee Plans

An Article 4 Direction applies across Hammersmith and Fulham, so check it before assuming Shepherd's Bush permitted development survives. The fabric of Shepherd's Bush is Victorian and Edwardian terraces, so a W12 proposal is judged on fit before it is judged on size. Conservation status changes the Shepherd's Bush route entirely — Fulham Palace Road being the usual case among the 45 designations in Hammersmith and Fulham. That check comes before anything else on a Shepherd's Bush job.

The Shepherd's Bush Article 4 position is established at survey, before design. On Shepherd's Bush plots the original rear wall and the BBC TV Centre ridge line set the envelope. The borough policy layer over every W12 address is set out on Hammersmith and Fulham planning. The Shepherd's Bush survey then carries into house extension drawings in Shepherd's Bush if the project runs on to construction.

The W12 bottleneck is validation. London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham needs one to two weeks, and a missing drawing resets it. Week one is a laser measured survey at your Shepherd's Bush property; the existing plans are drawn from that survey, never from an estate agent's floorplan.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

After validation a Shepherd's Bush application is allocated to an officer, who will visit the W12 address. Shepherd's Bush clients receive existing and proposed sheets in one indexed set.

Objection volume on Shepherd's Bush cases is public — we read it before advising. Party wall positions on a Shepherd's Bush terrace are located during the survey.

Serve party wall notices early where W12 neighbours share a flank wall — on Shepherd's Bush terraces they nearly always do. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the W12 property.

Shepherd's Bush is characterised by victorian and edwardian terraces, concentrated across W12 in the Shepherd's Bush / White City area. Shepherd's Bush is not uniform, but the victorian and edwardian terraces recurs often enough across W12 that the structural pattern is predictable once measured. On the ground in Shepherd's Bush, most applications on these Victorian streets are householder applications validated on existing and proposed plans, elevations, a site plan and a location plan. It shapes what a W12 scheme can realistically achieve. Height on a Shepherd's Bush proposal is measured against its neighbours, not against a policy number; the BBC TV Centre terraces set that datum.

Digging under a Shepherd's Bush house is a structural question before a planning one. building regulations drawings for W12 properties and loft conversion drawings build on the existing Shepherd's Bush survey data.

What the Shepherd's Bush drawing pack contains

This is the full W12 deliverable at the quoted fee.

• site location plan for the Shepherd's Bush property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Streets and landmarks we survey around Shepherd's Bush

• Loftus Road — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Loftus Road dormer against.
• Holland Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the Holland Park section drawings.
• Notting Hill — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Notting Hill extension goes.
• Kensal Green — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Kensal Green back addition.
• Brook Green — side returns where the 45-degree amenity test decides how far a Brook Green extension goes.
• Shepherd's Bush Green — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Shepherd's Bush Green plot.
• Uxbridge Road — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Uxbridge Road plot.
• Goldhawk Road — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Hammersmith & Fulham Council measures a Goldhawk Road dormer against.
• BBC TV Centre — a Shepherd's Bush roof extension is judged against the datum it sets.
• Westfield London — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• Smithfield Market — massing on adjoining W12 plots is tested against it.
• Shepherd's Bush Market — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Hammersmith and Fulham.

Getting to a Shepherd's Bush survey

Surveyors travel to W12 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are White City bus station, Shepherd's Bush, White City, Shepherd's Bush Market. Appointments are booked in Shepherd's Bush on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard victorian and edwardian terraces takes two to three hours.

Where Shepherd's Bush sits

Shepherd's Bush lies 4.9 miles (7.9 km) west of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ235798, inside the Hammersmith and Chiswick parliamentary constituency. Every Shepherd's Bush application opens with a location plan tied to that grid square; get it wrong and Hammersmith & Fulham Council returns the submission unvalidated. Source.

Practical detail for a Shepherd's Bush submission: White City bus station and Shepherd's Bush and White City and Shepherd's Bush Market serve the area; Royal Mail routes it as LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Hammersmith & Fulham Council holds it.

Shepherd's Bush postcode coverage

Shepherd's Bush work spans W12 (Shepherd's Bush / White City), shared with White City, with the W12 boundary setting which designations bite.

Streets and stations in Shepherd's Bush

Shepherd's Bush addresses we have drawn run to Loftus Road, Holland Park, Notting Hill, Kensal Green, Brook Green, Shepherd's Bush Green, Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road. most Shepherd's Bush sites are within walking distance of White City bus station or Shepherd's Bush or White City.

Areas we cover around Shepherd's Bush

Beyond Shepherd's Bush we cover Hammersmith (W6), White City (W12), Parsons Green (SW6), Barons Court (W14), Brackenbury Village (W6), Sand's End (SW6), and cross into Hounslow. A consent granted a mile from BBC TV Centre is not a precedent for the plot next to it.

The figure is agreed before the survey and does not move. The fee follows the building. On Shepherd's Bush stock that means party walls, levels, and the Fulham Palace Road heritage question.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

We invoice the drawings only; London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham takes the statutory fee from the Shepherd's Bush applicant. London planning approval-rate dataset · Hammersmith and Fulham planning · Planning Permission London-wide · planning permission in Hammersmith.

We are architectural technologists, MCIAT chartered, and every Shepherd's Bush set carries that accountability. Where a Shepherd's Bush case is borderline — a corner plot near Westfield London, a Fulham Palace Road frontage, a flank wall hard onto a W12 neighbour — we buy pre-application advice from Hammersmith & Fulham Council rather than gamble the statutory 8 weeks.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

We survey Shepherd's Bush properties within a few days of instruction. This Shepherd's Bush page was reviewed in August 2026.